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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles
Europe > Italy > Palermo (Sicily)
When to go to Palermo (Sicily) ( Italy ) ?
| Month | Sunlight (h/d) | Average T min (°C) | Average T max (°C) | Record T min (°C) | Record T max (°C) | Precipitations (mm) | Wet days | Rating |
| january | 4 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 70 | 12 |  |
| february | 5 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 42 | 8 | |
| march | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 49 | 8 | |
| april | 7 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 35 | 48 | 6 |  |
| may | 8 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 35 | 18 | 3 |  |
| june | 10 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 41 | 9 | 2 | |
| july | 10 | 22 | 31 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 0 | |
| august | 9 | 22 | 31 | 16 | 43 | 17 | 2 | |
| september | 8 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 4 | |
| october | 6 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 36 | 76 | 8 | |
| november | 6 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 31 | 70 | 8 | |
| december | 4 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 61 | 10 |  |
How to read the charts
For example: In january, you will get 4 hours of average sunlight in Palermo (Sicily) and the overall temperature will vary between 2 and 27 (Celcius) in this area of Italy. Usually you shouldn't see more than 12 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Europe.
What to do in Palermo (Sicily) : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants
Main city of Sicily in Italy, Palermo has over 700,000 inhabitants. It is located on the north coast of the island, bordering the Mediterranean, and is crossed by a river, the Oreto, and surrounded by peaks.
Its climate is typically Mediterranean with mild winters and dry and hot. Built in the 8th century, the city has a rich history, with influences Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine, Muslim, and Aragon and Austria. Today, it is served by an airport, highways, a rail, and port is active. To move around the city itself, there are two subway lines.
You can visit several interesting museums, like the palace Abatellis, the Regional Archaeological Museum, the Ethnographic Museum in the Sicilian, the Museum of Contemporary Art, among others. Many monuments are also worth your interest: for example the Norman Palace with the Palatine Chapel, Church of St. John of the Hermits, Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, the Quatro Canti which is the center of the city with its Baroque houses, Piazza Pretoria, but also the Botanical Garden and the catacombs of the Capuchin convent.
Markets are places full of life and picturesque, not to be missed.
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